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Wooten, Kenneth L. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1982
Testing and tests are shown to have played a positive and dramatic role in increased opportunities through identification of educational talent. It is argued that tests, far from denying equality, are necessary conditions for equality and quality. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality
Gould, Jewell C. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1982
The American Federation of Teachers' basic concept of testing includes the idea that public education remains accountable to the public for its actions and that standardized tests are one measure of educational performance. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Responsibility, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textSchrader, William B., Ed. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1979
This conference was organized around four policy concerns: (1) the needs of handicapped, gifted, and bilingual students; (2) the use of test results to allocate federal compensatory education funds; (3) the validity of minimum competency testing; and (4) the demand for increasingly sophisticated evaluations. Garry L. McDaniels discussed the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Accountability, Bilingual Students, Compensatory Education
